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The Oregon Scout.
vol. n.
UNION, OREGON, SATURDAY, NVEMOBER 14, 1885.
NO, 20.
THE OREGON SCOUT.
An iilejilent weekly journal, issued eve J
Saturday tiy
JONES & CHANCEY,
l'libllehersattd Proprietors.
A. K. .It INKS, (
( H. ClIANCKV,
I Foreman.
JjiJItor.
)
itAiEsor srnsonirTioN:
One copy, ono j i'r
' " Six months
" ' Three mouths
ft r.o
Invariably cash In advance
Hitcs of advertising mndo known on appli
cation. Correspondence rrom all parts of tlic county
Follcited.
Address fill communications to A. K. Jones,
Kdltor Oregon tkxnit, Union, Or.
l.culsp lllreolory. .
GltANll UOMIK VAI.1.KV I.OPOK. No. fifi. A. F.
and A. M. Meets on tho second and fourth
Saturdays of each moiitli.
O. F. llnu., W. M.
C. K. Davis, Secretary.
Umon Lotini:, No. :ki. T. O. O. F. Kcpulnr
meeting on 1 rltlnyvvcnlnpi of each week at
their ball In Union. All Inethrcn In nood
standing are invited to attend. Ily order oX
the lodire. tf. W. I.ONQ, N. O.
0. A. Tiio.mvson, Secy.
Clmrcli Illreclory.
M. K. Oiriicn Dlvlno service every Sunday
Htlla.maml7p.nl. sutiunv scnooi ni .1 p.
111. Prayer nieetlnp every Thursday evenli a
atfi:.'K). Hkv. Amikkmw, Pastor.
Prfshvteuhn Cnmtcii Hcwular church
services every Sabbath morning- and evening.
T'rayer nieotlnur oich week on Wednesday
evening. Sabbath Fchool every Sabbath at
10 a. in. Hov. II. Vkknon Kicu, Pastor.
St. John's Episcopal Ciiritcn Service
every Sunday at 11 o'clock a. 111.
Hkv. V. H. Powki.i,, Hector.
County OIllecrN.
.ludfro A. a CrnlR
SherllT A. Ii. Saunders
Clerk H. V. Wilson
Treasurer A. F. Benson
School Superintendent J. I,. Hlmlniaii
Surveyor 13. Plmonls
Coroner E. H. Lewis
COMMISSIO.NKItS.
Cieo. Acklos Jno. Ptnnloy
State Senator L. 11. ltlnehiirt
liKPKKSE.NTATIVES.
F.T.Dick E.E.Taylor
City Ollleer.
Mayor I). II. Itccs
COL'.NCII.Ml'.V.
S. A.Pursol W. O. lle'dleman
J.S. Elliott Willis i-klll
.1. II. Eaton G. A. Thompson
ltecordor J. H. rbonison
Marshal .1. A.Denuey
Treasurer J. D. Carroll
Street Commissioner L. Eaton
Departure oT TrnliiN.
ltejrulnr east bound trains lenvo ntt':30a.
in. West bound trains leave ut 4:'M p. m.
l'KOI-ICSMO.VAL,.
J. H. CKITES,
ATTOKSKV AT l,AW.
Collecting' and probate praetleo specialties
Ollice, two doors south of Postolllce, Union,
Oregon.
K. EAKIN,
Attorney at Law and Notary FnMic.
Onico, ono door Fouth of J. 11. Eaton's storo
Union, Oregon.
I. N. CROAIWKLL, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon
Olllco, ono door south ot J. II. Eaton's store,
Union, Oregon.
A. E. SCOTT, M. D.,
iivsk.'iaiv As sarBti!i:,
Has permanently located at North Powder,
wheroho will answer all calls.
T. II. CRAWFORD,
ATTOKrVBlY AT I,AW,
Union, .... Oregon.
D. Y. K. DEKR1NG,
lliy!ci:iii mid Surooii,
Union, Oregon.
Oftlco, Main street, next door to Jones IJros.
variety storo.
llcsldenco, Main street, second houso south
ot court house.
Chronic disease J a specialty.
Attorney anfl Counsellor at Law,
Union, Okegon.
Ileal Estate, Law and Probate Vractlco will
receive special attention.
Olhco on A street, rear of Stato Land Ollice.
II. F. BURLEIGH,
Attorney t I.11W1 It;nl IIatc
ftaml :oll'ollii- .tKciit.
Land Oflico Business a Specialty.
Office at Alder, Union Co., Oregon.
JESSK lUHUESTV,
j. vr. SUEX.TO.V
SHELTOK & HARDESTY,
atth.m:ys at i.,uv.
Will practice in Union, Hater, Grunt,
Umatilla anil Morrow Counties, ulso in the
Supreme Court ol Oregon, th District,
Circuit and Supremo Court of the United
States.
Mining and Corporation business a spe
icalty. Ollice iu Utiion, Oregon.
THE WRECK'S RESULT,
Gathering Up tho Debris from
the Ferdinand Ward and Hell
Gate Explosions,
And Patiently "Waiting for the
Final Disposition of the
Shattered Remains.
rhree Tears Bequired to Clean Out North
Eiver--How Lonij to Safoly
Land Ward.
Sjeinl Corretjxmdence.
Nnw Yonrc, OcL 14th, 1SS5.
Tho principal top'cs of couversHtion in
Gotham lor the past few ilny6 have been first,
the Ferdinand Ward statement, and next tho
treat explosion oflltll-Gato in Isorth ltlver.
rho Ward statement creates tho gtcatcst and
nost. lasting excitement, however, in this
ipeclal community, since it furnishes a partial
ind very unsatisfactory answer to the problem
f the day, viz: "Where mil themlllious got"
Who has cot them!" and "How are wcgolng
to get them back again I" These questions It
as hoped would be fully answered In tho
onfesslon of Ward, but they were not, and
ihe painful impression still prevails that the
lomv; Napoleon of Wall Street, the wrecker
f high standing banks and well known repu
jitlons, hasn't told more than half tho story,
ind moreover that the halt left untold Is by
tar the most interesting. Consequently tho
:ominiiiiIty, and especially tho bitten part of
die community, and this part Includes almost
:vcrv piomiucnt bank and b okcr in ew
fork, Is still in a stiito of suspense rcgnrdlng
lie whereabouts of the money they lost, aud
die best way to get at what icmaitis of it.
Ever since M:iy, 18SI, Ward has been prom
sing to give away .1 great many people whom
t was supposed prolltctl by his llnaueierlnir
ind the great failure, lie has held a sledge
tainmcr over a can of dynamite, as It were,
ind kept the public in suspense as to what
waiei) i.rrs Diciri:.
ie effect would b) when ho let it fall, and as
who was going to suffer by tho explosion.
It has fallen, llgures most astonishing have
lanced In all conceivable shapes before the
lyes of the public, who have been mystified
irith the vast amounts which Ward talks of as
.oUcctedly as he gaihi'ied them In the days of
fore. Success in the past with individuals
lias led him Into this dazzling d spiny for the
jeneral public, and the general public, like
he Individuals, appear to have been only half
:akcn luto his conll lence. There is one effect
thai his broadside Jmd, and this was to get
everybody except the calm W. S. Warner into
ii Immediate nnd fierce state of explanation
ind denial. If the gent cuian named was
way himself, then his ton, or his clerk, or
Sis w.fe, or the chambjrm iiil forthwith cuter
id a protest, anil vehemently and vociferously
proclaimed that Ward was au awful liar, and
that tho spirits of Hill Tweed and Anuanlns
'lad both taken possession of him, that they
aad always lost instead of gaining by his ac
lunlutance, and that while it might look as
though they were ahead, they really wero
behind In their transactions with this modern
ilcpbistophelcs. This is tho case especially
ith our truly good and pious Mayor, Wlllalm
B. Grace, who has it issa d been iu a perlpctlo
tale of swear ever since Ferdihand mndo his
extraordinary statement that notonly had cur
reform Ma)-or profltod by his dealings with
Grant & Waul to tho extent of fT5,0J0, and
jolds their obligations to tho tune of nearly
f70,000 more, but that ho also had actually
endeavored to become a member of tho firm.
This accusation Is tho last 6traw which broko
our Mayor's equilibrium, and betwe -n sur
prise, indignation, aud general Indigestion,
MAYOK QUACK SUUI'IIISKD.
'he mayor of Gotham Is lu leod in a stato of
mlud over the matter. It was bad enough to
bold I he firm's paper for fo many thousands
thst couldn't bo col eeted, and to feel that if
be tried to collect it by the moans others are
tmploi ing lio would have to sue himself lor
the pri'liu he did collect aud if he ga ncd the
lult ugalmt himself, would huv to divide the
irutlit with t'.os! 11 the general pool who
Ml frtftt
didn't get any profits, and who are rcaly to
sue anybody from tho Dev i up if there Is
auy hope of collecting anything from them.
It will bJ therefore seen that our Mayor's
position is to ray the least a trying one.
Elected as a reform mayor, on a reform p'at
form, plcdccd to give no quarter to any olllclal
roguery, he standi liable to bo sued by the
city over which he is mayor for protlts made
In "his dealings with a g'gantle swindler, who
swindled the city out or an immense sum. as
well as numerous individuals. Nobody thinks
that our reform Mayor had any uuderhnnd
deal with Ward, but th s does not alter the
fact lhat he Is liable to be sued for supposed
profits made In his dealings tv.th Ward. His
position was trying enough before
Ward's last statement, but when Ward
openly accuses him uf trying to btcume a
member of tho firm of Grant it Ward, this
indeed was a ciuel blow, and it Is no wonder
that our mayor Is In a state of mind which
argurs III for the olllco-seeker who crosses his
path, and which keeps our city ofllcitds walk
ing the historical chalk-line for the present.
Next to Mayor Grace tho most disgusted
person Iu Gotham is probably -'Buck Grant,"
better known to fame as UlyssesS. Grant, Jr.,
and from Ward's statement tho original and
first member of the Grant family who cngagid
with him In the financiering business auay
back in July, 1SS0, when -'lluek," Fish and
Ward clasped hands and joined fortunes In a
trinity partnership. According to Ward's
llgures "Uuck" made quite n fortuno In a
short time, and could have retired with
a fortune of over a million made
in less than tw years and n half
if tho firm hadn't bm-tod when it did.
This wonderful statement hasn't rejuvenate
"muck" g it ant.
the splr ts of "lluek" to any extent, however,
who siys through his lawyer tt at when he en
tered the linn lie had about $200,0K) In money,
that ho put In his wife's income of from
$10,0.10 to 29,000 per annum besides, that he
sold the residence presented to her by ner
father, Senator Chaffee, 011 5btti street, in this
c ty, forf5S,0(0, that tho Senator himself got
in to a considerable extent, and that lui-tcad of
a fortune he finds himself overwhelmed with
debt, and the means of dnurg'ng the Senator,
his own wife, and others luto the unfortunate
affair, and all to their sorrow. The statement
has affected lluck so that ho Is reported assay
ing that If Ward escapes a felon's fide, It
would be tlmo fur him to tako moro ac Ive
steps, lluck Isn't much ot a financier, nny-
how, and has quit trying to solve the ilddle
"how can n man put all his own and all his
friends' inoner Into an institution, n- d come
out without it iu tlirco years, get Into the
hands of a receiver, and still have made over
a million in the Interval!" Tills problem
would stagger a more brilliant mlud than
Buck's aud ho gives It up iu disgust.
Now that Ferdinand Ward's trial Is diawing
near he Is evidently growing very desperat",
since ho knows that It's chances for escaping
tho convict's fate are very small Indeed, 110
matter how much money ho may h ive to t do
him over under ordinary circumstances. Ho
has brought too much dlsgraco up 'ii others
to permit his escape, and he realizes It fully
now. lie eut it with n very high hand In
FXHDINAND M'AItD.
deed for several years, and a friend of the
writer who called at his homo only a few days
before tho failure, camo back to Now York
from her trip to tho Brooklyn homo of tho
Wards with a glowing account of tevcral
placques Ward had just purchased, and which
had cost the snug sum of $125 each, although
they wcro comparatively unall and inexpen
sive looking, and tho thought if sho only wero
as happy and as rich as Mrs. Ferdinand Ward,
how bright tho world would seem. About two
weeks later I called again, and her husband
was figuring up that If he only had tho money
that ho had Invested with Qrantifc Ward, how
many handsome placques she could have, aud
Mrs. Ward, her haudsomo BrooUlyu home,
her elegent furniture, aud immense wealth
were no longer env ed, for her home was In
the hands of the sheriff, her husl and was in
custody, her mother was prostrated by the
shock, aud tho whole country was ringing
with the disgraceful actions of the young
financier, I met there a young lady who had
been visiting at Ward's ime when the crash
came, and who when tho house was taken
possesion of by the officers found It a diffi
cult thing to even get her trunk away, as the
diligent detectives thought it might be the
property of ard. Evidently there was not
much to create envy of the pos tlou ot the
Ward family.
Ward has but frw friends left in the hour
of his dlsiracc, aud many wit 1 knew him well
and were wined and dued it his expensu la
the dnys of h's fcemlng prosperity, have noth
inst hut contemptuous remarks for him now.
aud almost with one accord consign his mem
ory to hades and hluuelf to tho penltcntltuy
iu tho samo breath. Vrobably no man ever
fell from so high a social posltlim and cariled
with him the good wishes of so few a Ward
bus done. Ills wife, however, still e'ung to
him In spite of all, bravely set h'-r luce against
the woild, believed hni more sinned ngnlnst
then sinning, and called regularly to see him
in Ludlow Mreet jail, tiot a very elegant place,
truly, for an aristocratic lady born and bred to
look upon such things with horror.
Among the general wreck, the ) wycrs alone
Eccm perfectly contented at the prospect of
interminable lawsuits with enormous fees,
and tlic probability is that as much as Is los.t
In the failure wlh be spent In the next gener
ation In trying to recover that which Is gone.
No one thing perhaps has so embroiled promt
nent people In lav, and tee prospects of law,
as this failure. The city of New York, having
lost a million dollars by it, will in all proba
bility keep 6ult:g Ward and everybody con
cerned for years.
Ono of ihe saddest things connected wilh
tho crash Is tho deaths which weio either cau
cd or hastened by it. Colonel Fred Grant
claims that tho General was prematurely
brought to the grave through tho trouble
brought upon him by this failure, and this Is
believed by the physicians. Then J. Nelson
Tappan, the c ty olllclal, through whoso spec
uhulou tills city lost a million, and who it Is
sa d was himseif ruined limine. ally, ho too died
It Is confidently t-t.itcd from th. effects, and
other deaths are reported, of those Intcrosti-d,
whlcti It Is claimed can bo tra ed directly or
ludlicctly to the cinbariassincut arising from
the wreck, and among these Is that of Itlchurd
G.(Smlth, a broker who held so much of the
firm's paper that It ruined his firm, aud ho
died from Iho effects. It was a wide spread
calamity, aud Ward has more to answer for
than his trial will probably develop, In the
way of ruined homes, ruined reputations, and
blasted lives.
The second explosion of tho last few days,
that of Flood Bock, at Hell Gale, appears to
have been very successful, and divers report
that the Immense rock has been riven com
pletely by the Immense blast, and that
fissures extend all through It underneath tho
water, large enough to admit a man's body.
-7K
JIA.I. GKN. J0HXNKWT0N.
This Is cheering Intelligence for Major Gener
al John Newton, who has planned so faithfully
for this result during tho past few years.
Your correspondent stood upon a schooner Jl
rcctly opposite tho rocky Island, aud much
nearer to It than any of tho exclusion boats or
even tho government tug, and watched the
waters rlso majestically skyward when little
Mary Newton touched tho button of tho bat
tery. Ono of the employees evidently didn't
fear the result, for after landing on the Island
In a little row boat aud adjusting something,
he pulled off to a dlstauee certainly not to ex
ceed sixty yards, and quietly waited on his
oars lor tho blast to explode. This cave con
fidence to some of our party, who wore about
a hundred yards further uwuy, and ono or two
timid ones returned to tho schooner after
watching this man tako It so coolly and ap
pear s unconcerned. The sight was a grand
one, nnd it was comforting lo know that It
was under water, since Gen. Newton staled
that if tho same amount of explosives had
been fired In tho open air, It would nut havoleft
a living thing 011 Muuhattaii Island, or probably
a who'o building standing in New York or
Inimediuto vicinity. As it was New York hud
quite a jar, and towns a hundred miles away
felt tho shock, wh lo the number of liars all
over tho Eastern stales who were knocked
down, Jumped on, gorroted, and generally
maltreated by the blast, is something feaiful
10 thluk of. Ono of the lump posts in New
Haven it Is suld jumped up, skipped around
the town, and cleaned out halt a dozen house
In Ids before it finally got back Into Its origin
al place, and slmlllur experiences are coming
In from surrounding towns. However that
may be, Flood Bock Is settling every day
deeper aud deeper into tho stream, which
shows that it Is completely uiidcrm'neil, and
will be no longer a terror to sea captalus. it
was iimougtheso rocks that the British vessel,
the frigate Huzzar, sank away back during
the Bevolutlon, laden with treasure brought
over to pay the British soldiers. She struck
011 rocks, went down, and never has been
heard of since, although several companies
have obtained charters to diedge for her, irad
have Mink a fortune In endeavoring to find
her whereabouts. Not o penny has been
found, and like Captain Kldd's treasures, it
lies very much burled In tho past.
Still later than Ella Wheeler Wilcox's latest
novil comes another impassioned romance, Iu
which tho fair and well known authoress Is
said to appear as tho heroine. The work has
not yitscen the light of day, but will toon be
brought forth by a New York publlsh'ng house,
and as tho characters aro drawn from metro
politan Bohemia, among whose circles the
fair authoress is well known, it prom ses to bo
ep ey as well as Impassioned, aud tho boys of
the press are looking forward to It with ex
peeUncy. New York Is becoming a city of flats, and it
Is estimated that fifty thousand people live so
high in the air lhat they ate out f tho reach
of creditors, lire escapes aud religion. When
you thluk of u family living up thirteeu
nodes in Ihe air, aud It Isn't fasldouabie
unlei-B you em get up st leant eight, some
idea of this enze can bo obtained.
SlillTO GfNTlL.
Ills First F.vpiM-icii o in licc
lvoopin;r. A. P. Abbott writes Western Ru
ral: It was a hot, sultry morning in
tho middle of June. The fog which
at daybreak wrapped tho earth in its
misty folds soon began rising nnd
floating away in huge fleecy clouds,
leaving every now and then an opening
through which tho sun drove its early
cut fiery rays. And as tho birds'
songs camo (loatingoutfrotnthothick
ly dtessed trees, they seemed half
drowned in tho laden atmosphere.
"If this fog clears away without
rain, you may look ior ten swarms to
day. I wish 1 did not have to go
away, for I'm afraid you can't hivo
them all."
To explain the abovo quotation:
wo wero keeping about fifty swarms of
bees, and to-dav father was obliged to
po to town, and I was tho only ono ho
could leavo to attend to tho bees.
And you who aro lamiliar with bee
keeping, know it is no small job for
ono man to tako care of an apiary of
that size, at that time of tho year,
for it is then that tho bees aro in tho
midst of swaiiiiin time. So after
father had eaten his breakfast and
given me a short lecturo on a few of tho
bees' private tricks, and how to get
them into tho hive, hotookhis depart
ure, leaving mo to my fate.
. Every thing went on lovely till about
nino o'clock, when tho sun rolled out
from behind a dense cloud, nearly
wilting things with its heating rays.
This was moro than tho bees could
stand. And soon a swarm began com
ing out at a fearful rate. It seemed to
mo as though theto wero a bushel of
them, and that there would bo none
left in tho hive. And after they had
gone through with tho general ceremo
nies in tho air, they lit on a limb bub
a few foot from tho ground; thus mak
ing it easy to get them down. Tho
first thing was to prepare myself to
hivo them. First, 1 put on a veil to
keep them out of my face, then
crowded a wool hat down on my head
to keep them out of my hair; then put
ting on a good warm pair of mittens,
T proceeded to hivo them. I will let
tho reader imagine how comfortable I
felt. I first produced a blanket and
spread it out beneath them, then
placing my hivo on it, 1 gavo tho
Bwarin a quick, hard jerk which
brought thorn down in front of tho hivo
all in a heap. I then watched closely
for tho queen bee; for strango as it
may seem, tho entire swarm is govern
ed by this one beo. Soon they began
running into the hivo liko a flock of
sheep, by which I know tho queen had
golio in. And just as I was thinking
about got ting into tho shado to cool
o(T, my sister, whom I left to watch,
informed mo that another swarm had
started.
This ono seemed to bo moro 'high
flown' thun tho preceding one; for in
stead of lighting down where it would
be easy getting them, they lib up a
maple about thirty feet from tho
ground, and now conies tho most in
teresting part of my story; and some
of tho readers may deem it somewhat
humorous, but I realized nothing of
that sort. I had by this timo come
to tho conclusion that I'd rather run
tho risk of gotting stung than to wear
a thick pair of mittens when tho mer
cury stood ninety above; so dropping
them I commenced preparing to get
down tho swarm. And getting a largo
ropo and a saw I tried my hand, or
rather, my shins, at climbing tho tree.
And after a great deal of pulling and
scratching I reached tho desired limb;
and after stopping to bteatho a fow
minutes, I commenced hitching out
astride tho limb in order to tio my
ropo in tho desired place I had
scarcely dono this when crack! went
tho limb up close to tho body of tho
tree, and 1 started, as I supposed, for
tho ground; but fortunately it broko
but half way oil and left 1110 hanging
head downward. It took mo but a
jhort timo to change ends and got back
to tho trunk. Hut tho worst of it all
was, my shirt had, in tho fall, got
pulled abovo my pants, and a beo had
taken ad vantngo of the situation, and
was crawling upon my ribs. I had
read that ah Indian could liostill while
a caterpillar mado his way slowly over
his body; but to let an angry beo go
buzzing ulong on tho baro skin, took
noro nor vo than I possessed. So quick
as thought, iu fact quicker than
thought, for if I had stopped to think
I would not havo dono it, I gavo him
an unfriendly slap which of courso
ended in our coming out about oven;
for though I took his life ho left his
sting over my fifth rib.
At last I got them down and into
tho hivo, and as I did so. I flung my
Belf on tho ground in thoshado of soma
neighboring trees, but my stay in that
position was brief. I or it seemed
that I had hardly touched tho ground
before J was on my feot again, nor did
I seem as Milton has said, "and in his
rising ho seemed a pillow of salt."
For I arose moro liko a dancing Jack
than a "iillow" of anysort. It scorns
thero wero several bees (I did notstop
to count tho number), collected at
Just tho r 11 it position on tho scat of
my pants to bo whero I could aid
them in stinging mo when I sat down.
Thoy had undoubtedly been some
what roiled when tho limb broko, and
now wero going to pay 1110 for my
trouble. I had said while hiving tho
latter warm, that I would not hive
another ono if they nil went off. But
at this last performance I becamo
somewhat roiled myself, and vowed
thoy would all go into a hivo if I per
ished in tho attempt to put thorn
thero. Aud nino of tho ten swarms
lather had predicted swarmed', and 7
fulfilled my declaration. It will with
out doubt bo useless for mo to odd
that I did not do much sitting down
for a few days.
A Jf K W V 1 13 W OF AM 13 If ICANS
Our llnrtmrou Selves Scon m TbrotiRh
CoiiiitllmiMitiiry Sir Hubert's O.I.ses.
Lord ltonnld Gower's Reminiscences.
"Not being a personnage, and not
caring to appear in a white tio and
lino linen every evening, and having
wished to seo tho social life in tho
American city not as a guest but as a
traveler, I think I can moro impar
tially judge of what would bo tho im
pression mado on a cosmopolitan
than had I traded on being an Eng
lishman with a handle attached to my
name, as probably most Britishers
with such an impediment would do.
I mixed with nil classes, in tho street
car or omnibus (which in its American
form is as superior to our London
'bus as is a Parisian victoria
to a 'growler'), in tho Union Club
tho Travelers' of Now York and
in a palatial steamer of tho river Hud
son, to which steamer and to which
river wo havo nothing to comparo in
the Old World. Wherever I went 1
found all classes of tho Americans not
only civil, out highly civilized, as com
pared class for class with tho English;
not only amiable, but, as a rule kind
and courteous, and, with raro excep
tions, well-informed, well bred, and
having moro refinement of manner
than any other people I have over
como amongst. What struck me es
pecially in Now York was tho inva
riable civility shown by all classes of
men to women, whether tho women
rustle in silk or woro linsoy-wolscy or
homespun; however crowded tho car
or tho footway, room was tit onco
mado for a lady. Does nob this
somewhat contrast with tho sur
ly, grumpy incivility that is shown
to tho fair sex in our public
cariiages and streets? This politeness
is not, as in a neighboring country to
ours, mere lip and eye civility, but
arises, I believe, from a mutual and
intuitivo good breeding from which, as
1 said before, tho Americans of overy
class aro endowed.
"For instance, if ono entered a room
in a club or hotel, ono was not met
by thoso assembled with a 'Who tho
Dash is this person whom nono of us
know? and what tho Dash does ho
hero?' sort of look; nor, if ono entered
into conversation with somo ono in a
railroad car 01 steamer, wnsonogrcet
ed with that truly British staro which
in this country of insular prejudice
and arrogant assumption, conveys as
plainly as words tho question, 'What
tho mischief do you mean by speaking
to mo without an introduction?'
"My experience has been in America
that if you ask a service from a stranger
it is accorded readily, without con
descension or fuss; that among them
is little of the snubbish wish to appear
to thoso wo do not know as greater
peoplo than wo really aro, littloof that
disgusting patronage of manner that
prevails in this country among tho
richer classes, and nono of tho no less
disgusting crhiginess of manner which
as greatly prevails among our trades
people, and which makes mo for ono
hesitate beforo asking my way in tho
streets of a well-dressed man, or enter
ing a shop whero ono will (if known as
'a good customer') bo received by a
mealy-mouthed mortal till smiles and
grimaces, who will think that ho will
moro readily sccuro a purchaser by
showing B01110 articlo ordered by my
Lord This or my Lady That. On tho
contrary, tho Now York tradesman or
shopkeeper receives you with civility,
but without any of that cringiness of
manner which seems to mo ltttlo less
insulting than actual insolence; ho will
allow you to look as long as you like
at any of tho articles his shop may
contain, and will bo equally civil ii
you purchasoor if you do not; but ho
will not rub his hands and contract
his features into a leer, and if you
were to show him your superiority ol
position by afl'ecting to look down on
him as bomg 'only a tradesman,' ha
would probably show you that there
is something moro in being a citizen ot
a great Republic than mero sound,and
that although you may fancy your
self a Bupcnor boing from not
being a republican or a shop
man, ho might bo ablo to prove to
you that ono man is nsgood as anoth
er. "I mixed thus with all classes, nnd
spoko to nil with whom I camo into
contact, nnd in no single instaiK) did
I meet with anything but perfect civil
ity tho civility of equals, which is,
niter all, tho truest. I admiro with
all myhoart this peoplo, our brothers,
who, although wo havo for so many
years presumed to treat them as poor
relations, aro in somo forms of com
'mon courtesy and general politeness
inr Biiponor to ourselves.
"I grunt that the Americans we meet
on tho Continent of Europe are often
offensivo in mnnnor and give a very
unfavorable impression of their coun
try both to foreigners and to English
men; but, beliovo mo, theso aro the ex
ceptions." Tho Boston Commercial Bulletin
contained an interesting article on
tho foreign apple trade of this country,
from which it is learned that lastyeur
Boston oxported moro apples than
any other American port, shipping
800,800 bbls, against 260,332 bbls
from Now Yorkandl30,X01bblsfrora
all ports in tho Britibh provinces.
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